The stance that Alain de Botton took in his 2004 book, Stress Anxiety correctly addressed the goal of humorists and their effect on society. He states that humor is used, “ to convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly.” In other words, humor used as a means to address the elephant in the room without fear of repercussion.
Effective humorists have the ability to prompt or sway a person’s opinion in a way that a politician's speech simply can not. If a comedian makes a joke about Donald Trump (as they often do), the audience will respond with, for the most part, laughter, as they are prepared for the comedians form of entertainment. The effect of the bit is the discreditation of Trump, and the unintentional
Effective humorists have the ability to prompt or sway a person’s opinion in a way that a politician's speech simply can not. If a comedian makes a joke about Donald Trump (as they often do), the audience will respond with, for the most part, laughter, as they are prepared for the comedians form of entertainment. The effect of the bit is the discreditation of Trump, and the unintentional